WWE Raw: 5 Things that could happen next week (15 April 2019)

Modified Apr 13, 2019 22:11 GMT

After an entertaining WrestleMania week in which we saw one of the best 'Mania's in recent memory, followed by a couple of decent Raw and SmackDown Live shows, another exciting week lies ahead for the WWE Universe as we approach the annual Superstar Shake-Up on the 15th and 16th of April. Many NXT call-ups and some huge brand switches are expected on Monday and Tuesday night.

A lot has happened following WrestleMania 35 as superstars have been injured and Sasha Banks is unhappy with the WWE, according to rumors. AJ Styles, Ronda Rousey, Big E and Nia Jax are believed to be injured following WrestleMania 35. Last week we saw some superstars pull double duty as they appeared on both brands and that could've been teasers about what Vince McMahon has in store for us in the Superstar Shake-Up.

Raw on the 15th April comes to us live from the Bell Centre in Montreal. Whatever happens in the Superstar Shake-Up, expect some brilliant entertainment this week and here, in this slideshow, we'll take a look at 5 things that could happen on Monday Night Raw:

#5 Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre - #1 contender match for Seth Rollins' Universal Championship

There has been a lot of speculation about who should be Seth Rollins' next challenger. Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre seem to be the favorites for being the next challengers for The Architect.

Also, with the Superstar Shake-Up come up, both the Scottish Psychopath and the Big Dog are expected to stay on Raw and Vince McMahon could be planning a duel between two of his favorite superstars.

Come Monday night, both Reigns and McIntyre might challenge Seth for the Universal Championship and that could see Roman and Drew being pitted against each other for deciding who the next challenger for Seth might be.

#4 Samoa Joe moves to Raw and Finn Balor moves to SmackDown Live

Could the IC and US Titles switch brands?

This move has also been talked about and many WWE fans are expecting this to happen on Monday night. Last week on SmackDown Live, we saw Samoa Joe squaring off with Braun Strowman and that may just have been a teaser from Vince for what could happen on Monday night.

The Samoan Submission Machine might make his move to Raw to confront the Monster Among Men and that could set us up for a brilliant feud that would lead to Money in the Bank for the United States Championship.

Also, this move would see Finn Balor take the Intercontinental Championship to SmackDown Live and that opens the possibility for us to witness a feud between AJ Styles and Balor himself.

#3 The Usos move to Raw and turn heel

This is very speculative but this could definitely happen as we saw The Usos drop their SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles to the Hardy Boyz last week and that could possibly mean that they are destined for a switch to the red brand.

And that heel turn could just add a little bit more spice to their move as they could then possibly attack the current Raw Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins to set up a babyface vs heel tag team match at MITB.

Also, The Usos have been nice guys for quite some time on SmackDown Live and this could help change the little monotonicity in their characters as they are one of the most decorated tag teams of recent generation.

#2 Asuka moves to Raw and challenges Becky Lynch for the Raw Women's Championship

This is another speculative move but there are reasons to believe that this could happen. With all due respect to Asuka, Vince McMahon prefers Charlotte Flair to be the face of SmackDown Live even though The Empress of Tomorrow deserves it more.

So, it is possible that in order to find more opportunities, Asuka could move to the red brand and with Ronda Rousey injured, she could very well challenge The Man for the Raw Women's Championship.

Currently, Lacey Evans looks set to have a feud with Lynch but if Asuka challenges The Man, we could see Evans vs Asuka for the number one challenger. Again, all this is speculative but that is what surprises mean, right?

#1 Lars Sullivan destroys Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins

Last week, the freak athlete, Lars Sullivan made his much-anticipated debut on the main roster and we saw him destroying Kurt Angle on Raw, and the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz on SmackDown Live.

So, this week we could see another attack by Sullivan and this time on the Raw Tag Team Champions, Ryder and Hawkins. Sullivan has made a very impactful debut on the main roster and I don't know where he would end up in the Superstar Shake-Upvc .

But if he is drafted to the red brand, then expect another beat down from the freak athlete and this could be done in order to pass him on as a giant who can destroy anything in his path.

Edited by Israel Lutete